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A Comparison of Wasteforms and Processes for the Immobilisation of Iodine-129

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A range of potential wasteforms for the immobilisation of iodine-129 have been synthesised and compared. The work used both iodosodalite and iodovanadinite, as identified in previous studies, as baseline iodine host phases. Syntheses of related compounds using alternative precursors had varying degrees of success. In addition it was shown that iodine could potentially be isolated in a simple composite wasteform of silver iodide particles in a rutile or anatase matrix. Preliminary leaching studies suggest that iodosodalite dissolves congruently whilst iodovanadinite shows preferential release of iodine at a rate approximately ten times that of matrix alteration.

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Maddrell, E.R., Abraitis, P.K. A Comparison of Wasteforms and Processes for the Immobilisation of Iodine-129. MRS Online Proceedings Library 807, 565–570 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-807-261

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